Commanders training camp takeaways: Von Miller leads dominant defensive effort amid Terry McLaurin holdout

Ashburn, Virginie – The statistics of the training camp mean almost nothing. The teams and players try games, staff, training and a host of other variables.

This is particularly true for quarters. Why take a “bag” (there is no real contact) or even take off and run when you can try to see if a pass works or a pass sensor can make it work? In addition, without pads, it is difficult to say what is really going on in the trenches, and therefore difficult to glean a ton of value of the racing game. This is a time when the information collected from afar, prevail over the results produced.

However, defenders of Washington commanders and defensive coaches must have liked what happened day 3.

During the very first game of the 11 exercises against 11, Jayden Daniels remained in the pocket and tried to shot Zach Ertz in the middle. It was a precise launch, and it almost worked, Ertz extending for the ball. The only problem? Safety Quan Martin had closed quickly and overturned the ball, and the Mike Sainistil corner half caught the deviation. Interception of training camp n ° 1 for Daniels.

Just a few games later, the security Tyler Owens jumped a pass from Marcus Mariota and caught another interception, a good sign for a team that had only seven interceptions last season, tied to the fourth more than the league. The defense was gone and flew – Bobby Wagner chose Daniels in seven exercises against seven shortly after – and that did not slow down throughout the morning session at the start of heat.

Here is what others distinguished from the first day of the training camp commanders:

Von Miller can always get after the quarter

One day after saying he “Can still get out of bed at 36 with my shoes and rush the passer”, “ Von Miller did that exactly. The team increased from 9 a.m. to 8 a.m. to avoid the worst ball temperatures, and Miller impressed off the edge, working a lot with the defense of the first team.

On the aforementioned healthy choice, Miller gave some pressure on the edge, helping to keep Daniels pinned in the pocket. In a two -minute exercise at the end of the training, a pressure from Frankie Luvu out of the edge forced Daniels to intensify, and Miller was there and may have had a bag.

Yes, it is a practice without a platform without significant contact, especially in the direction. No, Miller will not be an all-pro force as if he were at his peak. He will turn for past scenarios and other places sometimes. But so far, it seems that he has juice.

At the other end of the age spectrum, the half -recruited corner half of the second round, Trey Amos, continues to look at the role, playing the corner outside the first team opposite the Marshon Lattimore, with Sainristil now in the slit.

Amos has shown good patience and physical throughout the session, corresponding to media coverage and showing an ability to operate and change the direction. Amos said that he was particularly focused on his press technique both during and outside the practice, trying to make all this “second nature”.

“It’s just me against me, this dog mentality,” said Amos. “I’m just going hard every day, it doesn’t matter who is in front of me, just having this confidence, having this state of mind that nobody catches the ball, which is not hard with yourself but just understands that it is your work. You have to do what you have to do.”

Amos is already well traveled, after playing three seasons in Louisiana, one in Alabama and one in Ole Miss. It was his time with the rebels, in which he was an artist of the first All-Sec team and won some honors in America, in which he put the NFL in opinion. During the NFL screening combination, he ran a 4.43 second dashboard of 40 yards, and his stock continued to skyrocket. He thanks his mentality for his regular increase.

“I went through these emotions at the start of my university career,” said Amos about the management of good and bad moments. “I learned to face it and continue to improve, continue to say” the next game, the next game “, because the next game could be your only one. So you just have to be ready at any time.”

Amos would also have had an interception off Daniels in the goal area, but the game was recalled for offside.

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Improved defensive line, corner depth

While Miller and Amos have stood out as an individual, it is the improvement in the defensive depth that shows why commanders think that they can be much better than the group of last year (19th in success rate, 24th in the expected points added).

In advance, Washington added Miller and Jacob Martin as rushers of passes, but also loaded large bodies in Javon Kinlaw, Eddie Goldman and Deatrich Wise Jr. in an effort to help repair a unit that ranked 30th in authorized ground yards.

“We can become tall and arrive at the base; we have guys like Big Eddie and Kinlaw playing in great end, or we can arrive in Nickel and our rush to the passes,” said the defensive tackle Daron Payne. “You just have to know who you are there. I have the impression that it will simply help us to have a diversity when it comes to dealing with different teams.”

The corner of the corner half is also considerably improved, especially if Lattimore can remain healthy. The former professional professional arrived in Washington halfway last season with an injury to the hamstrings who forced him to miss time and hampered him when he was playing. He had a pair of beautiful shortcomings, one on a deep shot in recruit Jaylin Lane and later in a red zone exercise against Chris Moore.

Commanders also signed Jonathan Jones and signed Noah Igbinoghene to consolidate depth, and Owens athletics was used everywhere. Jones and the unrelated recruits Car’lin Vigers and Fenntell Cypress II have all broken the passes.

Sits and ends: do not panic about the offensive

Always without Terry McLaurin, the offensive was far from his best and often on the wrong side of things. Once again, however, they are unorned training camp practices. The offensive line – Undoubtedly the most improved unit of the team with the All -Pro Laremy Tunsil tackle and the first -round choice Josh Conerly Jr. – cannot really show this improvement in these parameters. Do not panic.

Here are more notes:

• In an exercise in the red zone, Brian Robinson Jr. crowned the best trip of the offensive day of the first team with a fourth and 1 race.
• Deebo Samuel, Noah Brown and Chris Moore get the most race as a wide receiver from the first team. Luke McCaffrey and Michael Gallup also run, and McCaffrey had a pair of pretty taken with the 1, one in which he exceeded Amos for the ball.
• Mariota found Gallup for a solid gain in the middle in seven counter-seven.
• Andrew Wylie obtained representatives of the first team in the right tackle, although he and Conerly turned there.
• Mariota found Tyree Jackson for a touchdown. Jackson, a line of 6 feet 7 inches and 249 pounds, the quarter-rear that has become tense, made a beautiful fit on a ball slightly behind him.
• Mariota also delivered a good throw to Ben Sinnott in the goals area, and Sinnott made a good slip gain for the score.

Commanders return to training on Sunday, with the fans in the stands for the first time.